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PLUMBERS WIPING IMPLEMENT.

No. 542,541. F Patented July 9, 1895.

ATTORNEYS. Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. SMITH, on NEW YORK, AND GEORGE M. AMON, OF BROOKLYN,

. NEW YOR PLUMBERS WIPI NG IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\l'o. 542,541, dated July9, 1895.

Application filed April 25, 1895 To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS J. SMITH, residing at New York, in thecounty of New York, and GEORGE M. AMON, residing at- Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings, State of New York, citizens of the United States, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Plumbers Wiping Implements, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is an implement or tool by. means of whichlead pipes can be readily joined and the operation of wiping can beperformed with ease and facility.

The peculiar and novel construction of our implement is pointed out inthe following specification and claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation partly insection. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view, partly in section, in the planeyy, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section in the plane or at,Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a base which is provided withguideways B B B for the'clamping devices 0 C 0 The guideways B B are inline with each other while the guideway B extends in a differentdirection. In the example illustrated in the drawings the guideway B isplaced at an angle of ninety degrees toward the direction of theguideways B B, but it is obvious that this direction can be changed inaccordance with the work to be accomplished.

Each of the clamping devices 0 O O is provided with a foot 0 0 0respectively, which fits the appropriate guideway B B or B and can belocked in the'required position by means of a set'screw d d d or anyequivalent device. The clamping devices consist each of astandardprovided at its top with a dovetailed guide-bar 11, which fits thebottom ends of two jaws 12 13, so that said jaws can be moved on theguide bar toward and from each other. Forthe purpose of moving thejaws12 13 uniformly toward and from the middle of the guide-bar 11 a rightand left hand screw 14. is employed, the righthand-screw part of whichis tapped into the Serial No. 547,152- (No model.)

jaw 12, while its left-hand-screw part is tapped into the jaw 13.Between the right and left hand screw parts of the screw 14 is formed ajournal 15, which engages a groove formed in a lug 16, which extendsfrom the guide-bar 11.

By placing two lead pipes into the primary clamps C G and adjustingthese clamps so as to bring the ends of the lead pipes close together,the operation of wiping the joint can be easily accomplished, and ifitis desired to connect with this lead pipe a fitting such as a cock, suchfitting is placed into the secondary clamp 0 and by adjusting this clampthe end of the fitting can be readily brought into the proper position,so that the operation of wiping the joint between the fitting and thepipe can be accomplished with ease and facility.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the base A of guides B B secured to or formed onthe base and situated in line with each other, standards 10 movablyfitted to these guides, means for securing the standards in the requredposition, guides 11 secured to the standards 10,

jaws 12, 13 movably fitted to these guides, and a right and left handscrew 14c engaging each pair of jaws substantially as described.

2. The combination with the base A of primary guides B B secured to orformed on the base and situated in line with each other, a secondaryguide B secured to or formed on the base and situated at an angle towardthe primary guides, standards 10 movably fitted into the several guidesB B B means for securing these standards in the required positions,guides 11 secured to the standards 10, jaws 12, 13 movably fitted tothese guides and a right and left hand screw 14 engaging each pair ofjaws substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses,

THOMAS J. SMITH. GEORGE M. AMON. Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

